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Tumor necrosis factor-alpha impairs contact hypersensitivity induction after ultraviolet B radiation via TNF-receptor 2 (p75).
Experimental dermatology - 1 Dec 1999
Kurimoto I, Streilein J W
Abstract excerpt
Acute, low dose ultraviolet B radiation (UVR) impairs induction of contact hypersensitivity (CH) in genetically susceptible mice. Polymorphic alleles at the TNF-alpha locus dictate the susceptibility phenotype, and neutralizing anti-TNF-alpha antibodies restore CH induction in mice exposed to UVR. This circumstantial evidence strongly implicates TNF-alpha in the pathogenesis of failed CH induction after UVR....
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